Cantu, Graciela Bustos; Cantu, Juan Andres (wife/husband). Discovery Green Park, 2009-12-06T10:30:00
Interview Description
Graciela Bustos Cantu (33) talks with husband Juan Andres Cantu (43) about living in Cuernavaca, Mexico, her childhood and her future goals.
00:57 Graciela was born in Cuernavaca, Mexico. She talks about her childhood there up until she was 8-years-old.
06:20 Graciela says she had two distinct childhoods: her childhood in Mexico and her childhood in the United States. She talks about the different school experiences she had in both countries.
15:10 Graciela tells the story about how she came to the United States with her mother in 1985.
27:00 Graciela talks about her high school experience and when a counselor told her to drop out of school and get her G.E.D. She didn't comply and graduated on stage with a scholarship.
35:00 Graciela talks about her future goals with her husband Juan. She talks about wanting financial stability and continued happiness and gives advice to other Latinos out there who are struggling.
Dates
- Creation: 2009-12-06T10:30:00
Language of Materials
Interview in English
Topical
- Abuse
- Achievements and Awards
- Burials
- Changes In Education
- Children
- Cuernavaca
- Death
- Divorce
- ESL
- Earliest Memories
- Funerals
- Grades
- Graduation
- Identity
- Immigration Stories
- Jokes
- Marriage
- Neighborhood Life
- Parents
- Schools
- Siblings
- Students
- Teachers
- Town Life
- Traumatic Memories
- anecdotes (humorous but true stories)
- bilingual
- border
- college
- economic beliefs and practices
- Ethnicity
- family naming and nicknames
- family traditions
- family trips and excursions
- fields
- first impression of America
- memories of former times
- memories of growing up
- migration
- perseverance
- personal experiences
- school day memories
- single mom
- social beliefs and practices
- spouse
Repository Details
Part of the Benson Latin American Collection, The University of Texas at Austin Repository
2300 Red River Street
Austin Texas 78712 United States
(512) 495-4578
bensonspecialcollections@austin.utexas.edu